Recent content by brian76

thanks for the reply auldian! I enjoyed reading the site(s), let's me know how easy it is to fall out of date with information LOL I don't know what qualifies as a "grinding whirr", might sound like that at high speeds, anyway, gonna go ahead and replace it, better safe than sorry...

I had that exact same error word for word, then I put a new gig stick of ram in my computer, and I haven't had it since. (I needed a good excuse to buy more ram anyway) I am assuming your game is updated all the way, 1.6 I think

I read elsewhere that means you have a hacked version of the game. EDIT: found it http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=175562 EDIT: found another one LOL http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=171532

I'm wondering if I should be worried. When playing civ4 my cpu fan runs at incredibly high speeds, often surging between high and ultra speed, I can hear the fan from my living room (which was a big surprise to me). As soon as I hit the "windows" button, or hit alt-tab, to go to desktop, the...